Example sentences of "about [noun] [noun] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Last Friday night Sir Hector Monro , Scottish minister of agriculture , let it be known he was not happy about board proposals to transfer its every nut , bolt , fixture and fitting from statutory monopoly to voluntary co-op from April 1994 . |
2 | SOME FOLKS seemed to be moaning about Nanci Griffith rejecting her Nashville roots . |
3 | Yet do we hear any outcry about Roger Cook harassing his ‘ victims ’ ? |
4 | And he remembered with satisfaction , because it proved that he was not at fault , that Miriam and Louise had both approached him with some wild tale about Miss Hughes leading their brothers into debauchery and sensuality . |
5 | You know about Mother Theresa do you ? |
6 | Neither party seem too interested in the other , and that night I dream about Enoch Powell showing me around a slum street with a vile grin on his face . |
7 | Focusing on European defence when most people , especially in Germany , are thinking about peace dividends has its drawbacks . |
8 | How about Phil Hilborne giving us mere mortals some tips on the twiddly bits in Jimi 's version of Like A Rolling Stone ; it loses me every time . |
9 | This is all about maverick tendencies making themselves heard , about imaginations running wild — if not downright livid . |
10 | However , it soon became obvious that Inez was not to be found , and everything I learned about Matthew Glynn convinced me that he was an honest man . ’ |
11 | Anne : What about Mr Major has he actually done himself any good this week ? |
12 | The other important point about body size returns us once more to some simple physics . |
13 | Something about Adam Burns told her he had great powers of perception — she 'd do her own case no good at all by letting him know how deeply unsettling she found his questions . |
14 | My remark about Coun Richardson losing his grip was a genuine comment of political reality and echoes what many Labour people themselves are saying privately . |
15 | What I have said about Nottingham I would also have said about East Sussex had I had the same information . |
16 | It could n't be Emma , could it , with some ghastly news about Cindy Hill slitting her wrists or something ? |
17 | ‘ We 're all chuffed about Billy Bingham calling him up . |
18 | Talking to Stan about fossil hunting makes you aware of the passion that drives him on . |
19 | And I always feel it 's a reverse situation , you know , about Stanley Morrison saying he would prefer to pay Monotype not to put an ad in , erm to pay The Times not to put an ad for Monotype . |
20 | In fact the dream that we all had about Great Britain acknowledging it 's theatre and funding it properly has suffered a lot of setbacks since the ‘ sixties ’ . |
21 | RECENT reports and letters about bank charges make it important to restate the General Consumer Council 's views and to put the record straight about my own comments . |
22 | You ca n't just sort of think think about North America get it in isolation , you got ta look basically as E er Euro P L C market place . |
23 | Knowledge about language change makes it possible for pupils to understand more fully the nature of Standard English and how it relates to other varieties . |
24 | If you need more information about driving licence matters you should contact and ask for ‘ Driver Enquiries ’ . |